CN101719779A - Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving packet data using a plurality of antennas in a wireless communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a device and method of receiving data packets in a wireless communication system by a plurality of antennae. A receiving device used in a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of transmitting antennas, for generating a feedback information at the channel between the plurality of transmittion antennae and the receiving antennas, comprises: pilot signal estimators supplied for each one of the plurality of receiving antennae and used for estimating the pilot signals received from the plurality of transmitting antennae; channel signal eastimators for using the signals received from the pilot signal estimators and generating channel estimating array according to the channel estimating information of each antenna; a substrate conversion equivalent channel generator for using the generated channel estimating array and generating a substrate conversion equivalent channel array for the data packets transmitted from the transmitter; and a feedback signal discriminator for selecting optimal substrate conversion equivalent channel from the substrate conversion equivalent channel generator and generating the feedback information for the selected substrate conversion equivalent channel.

Description

In wireless communication system, use the equipment and the method for a plurality of antenna receiving block datas

The application is that name is called " equipment and the method for using a plurality of antenna receiving-sending grouped datas in wireless communication system " (application number: 200580021241.3; The applying date: the dividing an application of application on June 23rd, 2005).

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to the equipment and the method for receiving block data in wireless communication system, relate in particular to the equipment and the method for receiving block data in the wireless communication system that uses a plurality of antennas.

Background technology

In general, mobile communication system is most typical wireless communication system.Developed mobile communication system based on voice communication.Yet, along with the user for the increasing day by day and the fast development of the communication technology of the demand of the communication technology, mobile communication system just progressively is evolved to now can transmitting high speed, the AS of high-quality multi-medium data.Mobile communication system roughly is divided into synchro system and asynchronous system.For asynchronous system, in third generation partner program (3GPP), implementing many researchs and standardization effort that relevant high-speed downlink packet inserts (HSDPA).In addition, for synchro system, in third generation partner program 2 (3GPP2), just implementing the many researchs and the standardization effort of relevant 1x evolution-data-voice (EV-DV).These researchs and standardization effort are to seek the representativeness trial of the solution of (2Mbps or higher), high-quality radio packet data transport service at a high speed in the third generation (3G) mobile communication system.

Compare with the multimedia service that in the 3G mobile communication system, provides, the 4th generation the purpose of (4G) mobile communication system be to provide more speed, higher-quality multimedia service.As in wireless communication system, provide at a high speed, the technology of quality data service, in the conscientious now discussion of multi-antenna technology.To be described multi-antenna technology now.

The multi-antenna technology that is used for the transmitter and receiver of wireless communication system adopts multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) technology.As everyone knows, multi-antenna technology uses a plurality of antenna transmission data, increases data rate with the linear ratio of the number of transmit/receive antenna ground thus, and does not have the extra increase of frequency bandwidth.Below multi-antenna technology will be described in more detail.Multiaerial system has two or more transmitting antennas and two or more reception antennas.The number of reception antenna must be more than or equal to the number that sends data flow.In this system, transmitting terminal can send data concurrently by antenna.Then, receiving terminal can use a plurality of antennas to receive the data that sent.Therefore, system can increase data rate and not have the extra increase of bandwidth.

According to the number of the data flow that sends simultaneously, the many transmit/receive antennas technology that is applied to this system can be divided into space diversity reception to communicate and spatial domain multiplexing technique.

In this space diversity reception to communicate, transmitter only sends a stream.Developed space diversity reception to communicate and suppressed to cause the deterioration of link performance owing to the decline that in mobile telecommunication channel, occurs.Therefore, because space diversity reception to communicate only transmits a stream, so this technology is suitable for the service of delay allowance The limited time such as audio call, video call and broadcasting service, the transmission data.On the contrary, the spatial domain multiplexing technique sends a plurality of streams.Having developed the spatial domain multiplexing technique guaranteeing that link performance increases data rate in constant.Therefore, compare with space diversity reception to communicate, the spatial domain multiplexing technique is suitable for having the packet data service of longer delay allowance time.

Whether from receiver feeding back channel state information (CSI), many transmit/receive antennas system can be divided into open cycle system and closed-loop system according to.When transmitter does not receive CSI from receiver feedback, use the open loop multi-antenna system, and when transmitter receives CSI from the receiver feedback, use closed loop multiaerial system.

Being in current 3G wireless packet data communication system under standardization or the commercialization, such as HSDPA and 1xEV-DV uses the link adaptive technique such as adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) technology and scheduling resource administrative skill to improve efficiency of transmission.The link adaptive technique receives from the partial channel-state information of receiver feedback, and uses according to the partial channel-state information that is received and to be confirmed as the most effective appropriate modulation and encoding scheme (MCS).Therefore, in the wireless packet data transmission system, the multi-antenna technology that classifies as closed loop spatial domain multiplexing technique is the most effective.

Yet the spatial domain multiplexing technique always is not applicable to multiaerial system.When having unusual high spatial correlation or very sending a plurality of stream on the channel of low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), error rate has increased, this feasible can't stabilized communication.Therefore, transmitter needs adaptive multi-antenna technology, so that based on selecting otherwise effective technique from the channel status of receiver report.

As everyone knows, in the communication between a multiple antenna transmitter and multi-aerial receiver, by the service of spatial domain multiplexing technique available data capacity and the ground increase of the linear ratio of the number of transmit/receive antenna.Yet, up-to-date research is verified, when as forward link, between a transmitter and a plurality of receiver during executive communication, the linearity that traditional spatial domain multiplexing technique can not obtain data capacity increases, and spatial domain multiple access technology can overcome this difficulty.The multiple access technology sends data to a plurality of receivers simultaneously.The multiple access technology comprise the time division resource with the Time-Domain Multiple Access (TDMA) of the channel of guaranteeing to be used for a plurality of users, divide the frequency domain multiple access (FDMA) of frequency resource and divide the sign indicating number domain multiple access (CDMA) of code resource.Yet spatial domain multiple access technology is divided space resources, is shared time, frequency and code resource, guarantees a plurality of subscriber channels thus.

Yet spatial domain multiple access technology always is not applicable to multiaerial system.Be similar to the spatial domain multiplexing technique, depend on channel status, this spatial domain multiple access technology is suitable for or is not suitable for multiaerial system.For example, if at the correlation height of the interchannel that is used for two users, then these two users can not apart.In this case, the use of spatial domain multiple access technology has increased error rate, makes to carry out stable communication.Therefore, in order to improve data transmission performance, need be used for selecting adaptively the technology of one of space diversity reception to communicate, spatial domain multiplexing technique and spatial domain multiple access technology according to channel status by multiaerial system.

As mentioned above, multi-antenna technology roughly is divided into space diversity reception to communicate and spatial domain multiplexing technique.Space diversity reception to communicate is included as the reception diversity technology that transmitter uses the transmission diversity technique of a plurality of antennas and uses a plurality of antennas as receiver.Reception diversity technology can increase the mean value that receives SNR, and reduces the deviation that receives SNR.Therefore, when reception diversity technology is applied to block data communication, help the increase of data rate.Yet wherein transmitter does not consider that the transmission diversity technique of CSI distributes total transmitting power equably to antenna, and this makes and is difficult to expect improvement to the mean value that receives SNR.Send diversity technique and only reduced the deviation that receives SNR.In the block data communication that has used scheduler, transmitter has the receiver of high-transmission efficient in the middle of the scheduled time is selected several receivers, and data are sent to the receiver of being chosen.Therefore, for the mean value of identical reception SNR, the technology that increases deviation can improve data transmission efficiency.Therefore, with regard to data transmission efficiency, the transmission diversity technique of wherein not considering CSI is on the contrary not as single-antenna technology.Yet, considered that wherein the space diversity reception to communicate of CSI can improve the mean value that receives SNR, this helps the increase of data transmission efficiency.

The typical transmission diversity technique of wherein not considering CSI is space-time code (STC), and has considered that wherein the transmission diversity technique of CSI comprises that selectivity sends diversity (STD) and sends adaptive array (TxAA).In STD, receiver is notified the antenna that has the optimum channel state in a plurality of transmitting antennas to transmitter, and transmitter is by this antenna transmission signal then.In TxAA, receiver will estimate that the complex response of channel is transferred to transmitter, and transmitter is carried out wave beam formation then, so that base station maximization SNR.Considered therein in the transmission diversity technique of CSI that the CSI that is considered by transmitter is the information that indication has the antenna of optimum channel state for STD, and be the information of the complex response of indication channel for TxAA.

Equally, the spatial domain multiplexing technique is divided into the technology of wherein not considering CSI and another has wherein considered the technology of CSI.With the have to data of on all transmitting antennas transmission same amount of the irrelevant technology of CSI.Therefore, in this case, receiver need minimize the method for error rate.On the contrary, the technology that CSI is relevant can be by the data of the different amounts of each transmitting antenna transmission.The technology that CSI is relevant comprises each antenna rate controlled (PARC) technology.The PARC transmitter receives from receiver CSI feedback, that be used for each antenna.Based on this feedback CSI, the PARC transmitter selects to be used to allow the MCS of relatively large data of antenna transmission with better channel status, and the MCS that selects to be used to allow antenna transmission with poor channel state have a small amount of data.Now the PARC transmitter will be described in more detail.

Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the demonstration internal structure of explanation PARC transmitter.Referring to Fig. 1, will the internal structure and the operation of PARC transmitter be elaborated now.

Though provide two transmitting antennas as example in Fig. 1, the number of transmitting antenna is open-ended.Yet receiver should satisfy following prerequisite, and promptly the number of reception antenna should be less than the number of transmitting antenna so that do not distinguish the various flows that transmits from different transmitting antennas.To not provide the channel quality information (CQI) of measuring each transmitting antenna by receiver and the description that receives the method for measured CQI with reference to figure 1.In other words, suppose that the transmitter among Fig. 1 receives the CQI that is used for each antenna from receiver.

As shown in Figure 1, the CQI that will be used for each antenna is input to feedback signal receiver 101.The CQI that feedback signal receiver 101 will be used for each antenna is delivered to demultiplexer (DEMUX) 102 and AMC piece 103.Demultiplexer 102 receives the customer traffic that will transmit, and separates according to the information that receives from feedback signal receiver 101 and with transmitting user data stream and to be multiplexed as two son streams, so that by this a little stream of corresponding antenna transmission.Separate multiplexed processing carry out like this separate multiplexed so that relatively large information offered antenna with better channel status.Here, the stream from demultiplexer 102 outputs will be called as son stream.To not be input to for the sub-flow point that each antenna separates independently in the AMC piece 103 and 104.AMC piece 103 and 104 is carried out the modulation and the coding of the channel status that is suitable for corresponding transmitting antenna according to the information that receives from feedback signal receiver 101.To be transferred to receiver by transmitting antenna 105 and 106 through the stream of the son after ovennodulation and the encoding process.

In theory, for maximum data transfer efficient, the spatial domain multiplexing technique is suitable for the method for utilizing the two channel status of all knowing of transmitter and receiver to carry out singular value decomposition (SVD), come from multi-antenna channel, to form a plurality of glitch-free subchannels, and be the appropriate modulation scheme of each subchannel selection, encoding scheme and distribution power.This method is called " SVD MIMO ".Yet, in the mobile communication environment of reality, because transmitter estimating transmission channel exactly, so realizing there is restriction aspect the SVDMIMO.Therefore, each flow rate control (PSRC) technology has been proposed as the technology of restrictively using SVD MIMO.

In the PSRC technology that is used for restrictively realizing SVD MIMO, receiver estimation multi-antenna channel, and according to the definite preconditioning matrix that will in transmitter, use of this estimation result.If aspect the feedback information volume without limits and error in feedback processing, do not occur, then this preconditioning matrix will be by the multi-antenna channel of representing with matrix form is carried out the unit matrix that SVD obtains.Yet in fact this is irrealizable, because feedback information is a quantitative information.Therefore, the PSRC technology is used such method, and wherein receiver is selected most preferred preconditioning matrix from candidate's preconditioning matrix of predetermined number, notifies selected preconditioning matrix to transmitter then.

In this method, transmitter multiplies each other transmission signals and selected preconditioning matrix and sends the data that generated, and forms a plurality of wave beams in this is handled.Therefore, in the PSRC system, receiver is notified the multi-beam formation method that is suitable for its channel to transmitter, so that transmitter forms a plurality of wave beams that are suitable for respective user.Based on this information, transmitter on man-to-man basis to formed beam allocation data flow so that send a plurality of data flow simultaneously, territory, implementation space multiplexing technique thus.Because transmitter was given formed wave beam with distribution of flows before transmission, so receiver is transferred to transmitter with the channel condition information of each wave beam in addition, so that transmitter can be managed the amount of information by the data of each wave beam transmission adaptively.That is to say that transmitter is selected MCS like this so that can transmit more amount of information by the wave beam with better channel status, and select MCS like this so that can be by having the less amount of information of wave beam transmission of poor channel state.To be described the PSRC transmitter now.

Fig. 2 is the block diagram of the demonstration internal structure of explanation PSRC transmitter.Referring to Fig. 2, will the internal structure and the operation of PSRC transmitter be elaborated now.

Though provide two transmitting antennas as example in Fig. 2, the number of transmitting antenna is open-ended.Yet receiver should satisfy such prerequisite, and promptly the number of reception antenna should be less than the number of transmitting antenna, so that distinguish from the various flows of different transmitting antenna transmission.To not provide measuring the CQI of each transmitting antenna by receiver and receiving the description of the method for measured CQI with reference to figure 2.In other words, suppose that the transmitter among Fig. 2 receives the CQI that is used for each antenna from receiver.

Feedback signal receiver 201 in the transmitter receives the wave beam that is used for each wave beam and forms weight and CQI information, and they are offered demultiplexer 202, AMC piece 203 and 204 and Beam-former 205 and 206.Demultiplexer 202 receives the customer traffic that will transmit, and these customer traffics are separated is multiplexed as and the as many son stream of number of antennas, so that transmit this a little stream by these wave beams.In separating multiplexed processing, carry out wave beam separate multiplexed so that relatively large information offered antenna with better channel status.The sub-flow point that separates is not input to independently in the AMC piece 203 and 204.201 that provide from the feedback signal receiver, as to be used for corresponding wave beam AMC information is provided each AMC piece 203 and 204, and the son stream of modulating in view of the above and encoding corresponding.

Sub-flow point supplementary biography after ovennodulation and encoding process is passed to Beam-former 205 and 206, and Beam-former 205 and 206 uses the weight information that provides from feedback signal receiver 201 to form wave beam.To be input to adder 207 and 208 from the signal of Beam-former 205 and 206 outputs, they are added in the input signal, and by transmitting antenna 209 and 210 it is transferred to receiver then.

In order to determine wave beam formation method, each receiver forms weight with wave beam and feeds back to transmitter.The method for expressing of feedback wave beam formation weight is followed the method for expressing among the TxAA.Suppose that transmitting antenna #1 is a reference antenna, then the TxAA receiver will be used for the channel status α of reference antenna ₁To being used for the channel status α of transmitting antenna #2 ₂Ratio feed back to transmitter.That is to say receiver feedback α ₂/ α ₁Yet, because should the limit feedback amount of information, so α ₂/ α ₁Value stand to quantize.In TxAA pattern #1, with 2 bit quantization α ₂/ α ₁Phase value, and in TxAA pattern #2, with 3 bit quantization α ₂/ α ₁Phase value and with its amplitude of 1 bit quantization.The TxAA transmitter forms a wave beam based on feedback information, and uses this wave beam to come transmitting data stream.

The PSRC transmitter is created two wave beams by forming a wave beam based on this feedback information and forming therewith another wave beam of quadrature in addition, and utilizes these two wave beams transmission to separate the son stream of the separation after multiplexed.Because the PSRC system forms wave beam based on quantizing feedback information in such a way, so it can not generate glitch-free subchannel as SVD MIMO.In addition, because each user need be suitable for the wave beam formation method of its channel status, so the PSRC technological expansion is being had difficulties to spatial domain multiple access technical elements.

With the irrelevant space diversity reception to communicate of CSI as STC, help to reduce the deviation of reception SNR.The technology that is used to reduce the deviation that receives SNR for such as audio call, video call and broadcasting service, restrictively depend on CSI and to need the service of real-time Transmission be effective.Yet,,, and select the AMC method based on CSI so it uses dispatching technique because block data communication allows time delay.Therefore, the technology that is used to reduce the deviation that receives SNR is unsuitable for wireless packet data communication.Because identical reason, the spatial domain multiplexing technique irrelevant with CSI is not suitable for wireless packet data communication equally.

Developed the multi-antenna technology relevant and come independent implementation space diversity technique or spatial domain multiplexing technique with CSI.Therefore,, should realize transmitter like this, so that transmitter is selected suitable one in each technology relevant with CSI in order to manage multi-antenna technology effectively.In this case, transmitter must be indicated the additional information of the multi-antenna technology type in using to the receiver transmission in the process of transmission data.Transmitter has consumed a part of available resources in the process of additional information transmission, reduced efficiency of transmission.In addition, multi-antenna technology does not provide a kind of method for select one of space diversity reception to communicate, spatial domain multiplexing technique and spatial domain multiple access technology to realize adaptively according to channel status.Therefore, existence is to the needs of such method.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of in using the wireless communication system of a plurality of antennas the equipment and the method for transmitting grouped data effectively.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of equipment and method of selecting to be suitable for the transmission technology of channel status in using the wireless communication system of a plurality of antennas.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of information of the technology for self-adaptively transmitting in the relevant use of transmission in using the wireless communication system of a plurality of antennas and the equipment and the method for not wasting transmission bandwidth.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of being used in equipment and the method for the wireless communication system that uses a plurality of antennas in internal application space diversity reception to communicate, spatial domain multiplexing technique and spatial domain multiple access technology.

In order to realize above-mentioned and other purpose, a kind of equipment that is used for sending at wireless communication system grouped data is provided, it is received in channel condition information between a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of reception antenna as feedback information.This equipment comprises: the feedback signal receiver is used to receive the feedback information from each receiver feedback; User's grader is used to use will have the user who sends data flow from the preferred substrate information converting of this feedback signal receiver output and be categorized into many groups; Scheduling is conciliate multiplexed, be used to receive the output of user's grader and from the feedback information of feedback signal receiver, have at least one group and the user data that in the correspondence group, will send that sends priority according to the Information Selection that is received, and export adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) information and power allocation information that selected son flows, is used for selected son stream; The AMC piece is used for the son stream of modulating and encoding and conciliate multiplexed output from dispatching according to this AMC information; Power divider is used for according to the sub-flow distribution transmitting power of this power allocation information after AMC handles; And transmitter, be used for sending the son stream that has distributed power by each transmitting antenna.

In order to realize above-mentioned and other purpose, a kind of method that is used for sending at wireless communication system grouped data is provided, it is received in channel condition information between a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of reception antenna as feedback information.This method comprises step: from all terminals receive basis transformation matrixes and with its corresponding channel quality information (CQI), and classify by group based on the user of this feedback information to preferred same substrate; The priority of the group that consideration is classified and user's priority select at least one expectation to send the user of grouped data; The user data of being chosen is categorized as son stream, and each son stream is carried out adaptive modulation and coding (AMC); Sub-flow distribution power after AMC handles; And before sending, distributed the son stream of power to carry out basis transformation to each.

In order to realize above-mentioned and other purpose, a kind of receiving equipment is provided, be used for comprising the wireless communication system of a plurality of transmitting antennas, for the channel between a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of reception antenna generates feedback information, described system sends grouped data by described a plurality of transmitting antennas, wherein each transmitting antenna sends grouped data and does not form pilot signal, described system also uses described a plurality of reception antenna to receive described grouped data, described equipment comprises: pilot signal estimation device, offer each in described a plurality of reception antenna, be used to estimate the pilot signal that receives from described a plurality of transmitting antennas; Channel matrix estimation device is used to use the signal that receives from described pilot signal estimation device, estimates that according to the channel of each antenna information generates channel estimation matrix; Substrate conversion equivalent channel generator is used to use the channel estimation matrix that is generated, for the grouped data that sends over from transmitter generates the substrate conversion equivalent channel matrix; And the feedback signal determinant, be used for selecting optimum substrate conversion equivalent channel, and be that selected substrate conversion equivalent channel generates feedback information from substrate conversion equivalent channel generator.

In order to realize above-mentioned and other purpose, a kind of method of reseptance is provided, be used for comprising the wireless communication system of a plurality of transmitting antennas, for the channel between a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of reception antenna generates feedback information, described system sends grouped data by described a plurality of transmitting antennas, wherein each transmitting antenna sends grouped data and does not form pilot signal, described system also uses described a plurality of reception antenna to receive described grouped data, and described method comprises step: each pilot signal that estimation receives from described a plurality of transmitting antennas in each of described a plurality of reception antennas; Use pilot signal, generate channel estimate matrix from transmitter to a plurality of reception antennas for described a plurality of reception antenna estimations; Use the channel estimation matrix that is generated to generate the substrate conversion equivalent channel matrix for the grouped data that sends over from transmitter; And from substrate conversion equivalent channel generator, select optimum substrate conversion equivalent channel, and be that selected substrate conversion equivalent channel generates feedback information.

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According to the detailed description that provides below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, above-mentioned and other purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage will become more obvious, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the demonstration internal structure of explanation PARC transmitter;

Fig. 2 is the block diagram of the demonstration internal structure of explanation PSRC transmitter;

Fig. 3 is according to the transmission of pilot signal and the main block diagram of the transmitter and receiver that channel is estimated of being used for of the present invention;

Fig. 4 illustrates according to an embodiment of the invention the estimation forward channel of receiver wherein and the flow chart of the processing of reporting the result;

Fig. 5 is the block diagram that the internal structure of the transmitter that is used for multiaerial system according to an embodiment of the invention is described;

Fig. 6 illustrates the flow chart that transmits the processing of data according to an embodiment of the invention in multiaerial system from transmitter to receiver; And

Fig. 7 is the block diagram that the structure of the transmitter that is used for multiaerial system according to an embodiment of the invention is described.

Embodiment

Describe several preferred embodiments of the present invention in detail referring now to accompanying drawing.In the accompanying drawings, although described identical or similar unit in different accompanying drawings, they are represented with identical Reference numeral.In the following description, for brevity, omitted the known function incorporated into and the detailed description of configuration herein.

Before the description that provides the system configuration that proposes in the present invention, will be described below the system model that proposes in the present invention now.As described below, the system model of Ti Chuing must satisfy following 7 conditions in the present invention.

(1) the receiver number that is used to receive the data that transmit from transmitter is K.Herein, K is the integer greater than 0, and has 2 or bigger value usually.

2) number of antennas that is used for transmitter is M _T, and the number of antennas that is used for receiver is M _RFor frequency selective fading channels, the channel of many transmit/receive antennas system can be used M _R* M _TComplex matrix H represents.Element h at the i of matrix H in the capable and j row _IjBe illustrated in the channel status between j transmitting antenna and i the reception antenna.The number of antennas that is used for receiver can be different for each user.The system of Ti Chuing does not limit the number of reception antenna in the present invention.Yet the number that this system need satisfy reception antenna should be less than the prerequisite of the number of transmitting antenna.

(3) can be used for total transmitting power of transmitting data stream be P to transmitter _T

(4) with basis transformation matrix E ^(G)Be defined as having the basis transformation matrix stack S={E of G element ^(G), E ^(G)..., E ^(G)Element in an element.Herein, E ^(G)Be the N that will be applied in the transmitter _gThe basis transformation weight of individual basis transformation device, and expression M _T* N _gComplex matrix.Transmitter has N _gIndividual basis transformation device, and be the different data flow of each substrate transmission.Therefore, can be N by the maximum of the number n of the independent data stream of transmitter transmission _gIn handling, scheduling determine to use which matrix in the element of basis transformation matrix stack as the basis transformation matrix.If scheduler is determined E ^(g)As the basis transformation matrix, then i basis transformation weight becomes

In i column vector e _i ^(g)Yet, E ^(g)In the different lines vector orthogonal.

(5) term " substrate (basis) " and " basis transformation (the basis transform) " that herein uses is defined as follows.At first, " substrate " be meant the basic vector that can represent the whole elements in the vector space.That is to say that substrate is meant the linear set of basic vector, and be illustrated in the whole elements in the vector space.The paths by the different son streams of its transmission are represented in this substrate, and the processing of creating this substrate is called as " basis transformation ".The present invention carries out " basis transformation ", so that the existing channel H of each " antenna " expression is converted to the equivalent channel of each " substrate "

That is to say that by " substrate " of " basis transformation " definition as neofield, and the territory of process basis transformation is not an antenna.Therefore, by basis transformation, by the different a plurality of not homogeneous turbulences of substrate transmission.In addition, the processing that generates " substrate " is called as " basis transformation ", and if do not have an independent basis transformation, the then antenna basic substrate that becomes.This is corresponding to the situation of E=1.

If there is not independent basis transformation, then become substrate, and under the situation of PSRC as each antenna in PARC, substrate is according to each user's channel status and form wave beam adaptively.The technology that proposes by singular value decomposition (SVD) defines G basis transformation matrix, and allows the user to select its corresponding basis transformation matrix.

By dividing gross power the amount of transmission power of distributing to each substrate is set, and does not give the substrate of not passing through its transmitting data stream transmit power allocations.That is to say, with power P _TDistribute to substrate equably, and do not give the substrate of not passing through its transmitting data stream power division by its transmitting data stream.

(6) different modulating/demodulating system schemes is used for data flow.

(7) the channel quality information that is used for each substrate (CQI) from the basis transformation matrix of the information of using indication preferred substrate transformation matrix and correspondence to transmitter feedback that generated during when of receiver.The information of indication basis transformation matrix with

Bit representation.Herein,

Expression is greater than the smallest positive integral of value x.For example, for G=2, receiver must notify transmitter its preferred E ⁽¹⁾Or E ⁽²⁾As the basis transformation matrix.For this reason, need 1 bit feedback information.If the preferred E of receiver ^(g), then in transmitter, realize N _gIndividual basis transformation device.Receiver must calculate from N _gThe CQI of each acquisition in the individual substrate, and this CQI is transferred to the base station.

Now the using system model is described system according to the present invention.To provide this description with following order.

[1] channel estimation and feedback method in the structrual description receiver of transmitter and receiver will be used, and channel estimation and the feedback report processing of flow chart description in receiver will be used.

[2] will describe structure and operation, and will use flow chart description wherein according to the method for transmitter internal application space diversity reception to communicate of the present invention, spatial domain multiplexing technique and spatial domain multiple access technology according to transmitter of the present invention.

[3] last, will the actual example of the multiaerial system that is proposed in the present invention be described.In this final embodiment, by way of example, will use detailed value to describe the simplest multiaerial system.

[1] estimation of the channel in the receiver and feedback method

Fig. 3 is according to the transmission of pilot signal and the main block diagram of the transmitter and receiver that channel is estimated of being used for of the present invention.With reference to figure 3, will be described main block structure and the operation that is used for the transmitter and receiver of pilot signal transmission and channel estimation according to the present invention now.

Before the description that provides this structure and operation, should be noted that transmitter passes through independently antenna transmission orthogonal pilot signals.Pilot signal should mutually orthogonal, and should with the transmission of data signals quadrature.In order to give orthogonality, common to the different Walsh of allocation of pilots (Walsh) sign indicating number in cdma system to pilot signal.As selection, also might be to allocation of pilots different frequency or time.The reason that gives orthogonality to pilot signal is to allow receiver according to different transmitting antenna estimation channels.

Referring to Fig. 3, this structure comprises transmitter 300 and receiver 310.The structure and the operation of transmitter 300 will be described now.Will be input to the transmission signals maker 301 that is used for first transmitting antenna by the signal of first transmitting antenna, 304 transmission, and will be input to the pilot signal maker 302 that is used for first transmitting antenna by the pilot signal of first transmitting antenna transmission.This signal generator 301 and 302 methods according to correspondence generate input signal, and the signal that is generated is outputed in the adder 303 that links to each other with first transmitting antenna 304.Adder 303 is the signal plus of being imported, and institute's added signal is outputed to first transmitting antenna 304, thus this signal is transferred to receiver 310.

Because be used for M _TThe piece of transmitting antenna 308 is equal to the piece that is used for first transmitting antenna 304, so will omit its detailed description.Pilot signal that will be by transmitting antenna 304 to 308 transmission and transmission signals are delivered to each in the reception antenna 311 to 314.That is to say, will be delivered to first reception antenna 311 and the M by the pilot signal and the transmission signals of first transmitting antenna, 304 transmission _RReception antenna 314.Similarly, will be by M _TThe pilot signal and the transmission signals of transmitting antenna 308 transmission are delivered to first reception antenna 311 and the M _RReception antenna 314.In Fig. 3, signal delivery as shown by arrows.

The structure of receiver 310 will be described now.Suppose that receiver 310 has M _RIndividual reception antenna.Therefore, receiver 310 comprises that first reception antenna 311 is to M _RReception antenna 314.In the reception antenna 311 to 314 each all comprises the pilot signal estimation device that is used for corresponding transmitting antenna.Because the structure of reception antenna 311 to 314 all is equal to each other, so for the sake of brevity, will the structure of first reception antenna 311 only be described.

As mentioned above, the signal that receives from first reception antenna 311 comprises transmission signals and the pilot signal that transmits from transmitting antenna 304 to 308.In Fig. 3, for the sake of simplicity, the structure of handling transmission signals is not shown, and only shows the structure that is used to handle pilot signal.First reception antenna 311 receives from first transmitting antenna 304 to M _TWhole signals of transmitting antenna 308.Therefore, will be input in the pilot signal that first reception antenna, 311 places receive in the pilot signal estimation device 312 to 313 each.Each pilot signal estimation device 312 to 313 separates the pilot signal that receives from each transmitting antenna, and estimation is from the signal of corresponding transmitting antenna.Signal from each transmitting antenna can be separated, because the pilot signal that transmits from transmitting antenna is orthogonal.

To be described in below herein and be connected to the processing that pilot signal estimation device 312 first reception antenna 311, that be used for first transmitting antenna is carried out.If the channel between first transmitting antenna 304 and first reception antenna 311 can be expressed as h ₁₁, then can be expressed as by being connected to the channel that pilot signal first reception antenna 311, that be used for first transmitting antenna estimation device 312 estimated Can estimate from M in an identical manner _TTransmitting antenna 308 channels that transmit, that receive at first reception antenna, 311 places.Collect Zi the estimation result of the pilot channel that is connected to reception antenna pilot signal estimation device 312,313,315 311 to 314, that be used for respective transmit antenna and 316.Carry out this collection by channel matrix estimation device 317.That is to say that the pilot signal estimation device 312,313,315 and the 316 estimation results with pilot channel that are used for respective transmit antenna output to channel matrix estimation device 317.Channel matrix estimation device 317 can use the channel function of collected estimation pilot channel to calculate the estimation matrix as the channel H in the multiaerial system

The element that i is capable and j is listed as at this estimation matrix

Mean the channel status between j transmitting antenna and i reception antenna.

After channel status between the use reception antenna had been estimated matrix, channel matrix estimation device 317 outputed to substrate conversion equivalent channel estimation device 318 with estimated value.Then, substrate conversion equivalent channel estimation device 318 is necessary for all the basis transformation matrix estimation equivalent channel among the basis transformation matrix stack S.Therefore, substrate conversion equivalent channel estimation device 318 is based on the matrix that is calculated by channel matrix estimation device 317

Be all basis transformation matrix estimation equivalent channel.Following equation (1) shows and is basis transformation matrix E ^(g)Calculate equivalent channel matrix

Method.

${\tilde{H}}_g=\tilde{H}{E}^{\left(g\right)}---\left(1\right)$

Use equation (1), can estimate the equivalent channel that is used for all basis transformation matrixes

To estimate that the equivalent channel of device 318 estimations is input in the feedback signal determinant 319 by substrate conversion equivalent channel.Feedback signal determinant 319 is used for the estimation equivalent channel of all basis transformation matrixes, determine to feed back to transmitter the basis transformation matrix and with the corresponding CQI of this feedback basis transformation matrix.Feedback signal determinant 319 can use one of following several method to determine the basis transformation matrix.

First method can suppose that all substrates all are assigned to the there, determines the basis transformation matrix based on the summation of expection transmission quantity.Second method can suppose that only one or two substrate is assigned to the there, determines the basis transformation matrix based on the transmission quantity of expection.Feedback signal determinant 319 uses the equivalent matrix of being estimated to be identified for maximizing the basis transformation matrix of transmission quantity, and transmits selected basis transformation matrix.Though have other possible method, will omit description herein to the criterion that is used for definite preferred substrate transformation matrix.

To be described according to said method estimation channel and with the processing that the value of being estimated feeds back to transmitter receiver wherein now.

Fig. 4 illustrates the estimation forward channel of receiver wherein and the flow chart of the processing of reporting the result.With reference to figure 3 and 4, will be described in detail estimation forward channel of receiver wherein and the processing of reporting the result now.

In step 401, receiver receives pilot signal.As described in conjunction with Fig. 3, receiver receives the pilot signal that transmits from transmitting antenna at each reception antenna place.Because orthogonal from the pilot signal that transmitting antenna transmits, so receiver can be distinguished the signal that receives at a plurality of reception antennas place.After receiving pilot signal by reception antenna, in step 402, receiver is that the channel H in the multiaerial system calculates the estimation matrix

In the channel matrix estimation device 317 of Fig. 3, carry out the calculating of this estimation matrix.

After this, in step 403, be applied to equation (1) by the estimation channel matrix with multiaerial system, receiver is all basis transformation matrix estimation equivalent channel.In the substrate conversion equivalent channel estimation device 318 of Fig. 3, carry out the equivalent channel estimation process.After this, in step 404, feedback signal determinant 319 in the receiver can use to the equivalent channel value of all basis transformation matrix estimations determines the preferred substrate transformation matrix, and calculates the CQI of each bases of being created when using the transformation matrix of correspondence., suppose that the estimation equivalent channel that is used for determined basis transformation matrix has current channel status herein, use least mean-square error (MMSE) method of reseptance or calculate CQI based on cancelling the method for reseptance that disturbs.After this, in step 405, that receiver will calculate in step 404 by feedback channel, indication preferred substrate transformation matrix and therewith the message transmission of corresponding CQI value arrive transmitter.

[2] structure of transmitter

Fig. 5 is the block diagram that the internal structure of the transmitter that is used for multiaerial system according to an embodiment of the invention is described.With reference to figure 5, will the structure and the operation of the transmitter that is used for multiaerial system according to an embodiment of the invention be elaborated now.

Transmitter has feedback signal receiver 501, is used to receive the feedback signal by the receiver transmission.For simplicity, the part that is used for radio frequency (RF) processing feedback signal is described in Fig. 5.Feedback signal receiver 501 receives basis transformation matrix indication information and is used for the CQI of each substrate.When receiving feedback signal, feedback signal receiver 501 offers user's grader 502 according to the basis transformation matrix with basis transformation matrix indication information.Feedback signal receiver 501 outputs to the scheduling that is used for determining and separates the multiplexed user's of being used for son stream with feedback signal and conciliates multiplexed 503, so that the signal of transmission user group.The present invention is divided into a plurality of user's groups with the user, and organizes operation dispatching according to the user and conciliate multiplexed.To provide its description after a while.

To be described performed operation after the CQI information that has received basis transformation matrix indication information and each substrate from feedback signal receiver 501 now.User's grader 502 receives K customer traffic altogether.Receive the basis transformation matrix indication information of user's grader 502 bases of this K customer traffic, and the user is categorized as a plurality of groups from 501 receptions of feedback signal receiver.In Fig. 5, for instance, user's grader 502 is categorized as G group with the user.Be used for user's data and be divided into many groups, and be imported into then during scheduling conciliates multiplexed 503.

Multiplexed 503 stream that receives according to user's group categories is conciliate in scheduling, and determines that it will transmit the user data of which group.That is to say that scheduling is conciliate multiplexed 503 and carried out the scheduling that is used for user data transmission.This scheduling is handled based on being carried out by the CQI information of each user feedback.Can not be transmitted in scheduling simultaneously and be divided into not on the same group user data in handling.Therefore, the stream that only is used to be divided into mutually user (user who promptly has identical preferred substrate transformation matrix) on the same group can be transmitted simultaneously.After a while will with to the description of transmitter operation together, provide the detailed description of scheduling being conciliate multiplexed processing.Scheduling is conciliate multiplexed 503 will output to AMC piece 504 to 505, power divider 506 to 507 and basis transformation device 508 to 509 from the information that each user's receiver receives by feedback signal receiver 510.To provide its detailed description after a while.

Scheduling is conciliate the AMC information delivery of multiplexed 503 each substrate that will receive from respective user to AMC piece 504 to 505.AMC information as each substrate of the information that receives from user's receiver as mentioned above carries following information: about according to by the data that will be transferred to respective user institute preferably antenna feature, be used for being transferred to the information of the adaptive modulation and coding method of user's data.

Scheduling is conciliate multiplexed 503 power allocation information with each substrate and is delivered to the power divider 506 to 507 that transmits the relative users data, to divide the transmitting power that is used in each antenna during user data transmission.Can use the CQI information that receives from the receiver that is used for relative users, the power allocation information of each substrate is set.Scheduling is conciliate the basis transformation weight information that will be used for selected group for multiplexed 503 and is transported to each basis transformation device 508 to 509, to be transmitted in the user data that the current time will transmit.

The user data of conciliating multiplexed 503 output from scheduling is multiplexed to pass through each substrate data flow transmitted by appropriate solution.Separate sub-stream after multiplexed and can be from user's stream and separate multiplexed son stream or be mapped to the son stream of a plurality of users' streams at one-to-one basis.Be input in the AMC piece 504 to 505 separating multiplexed sub-stream.AMC piece 504 to 505 uses each modulation of substrate AMC information self-adapting ground and these streams of encoding that receive from feedback signal receiver 501.To in AMC piece 504 to 505, be input in the power divider 506 to 507 by the signal after the AMC processing.Power divider 506 to 507 uses from the power allocation information of each substrate of feedback signal receiver 501 receptions and distributes power as input signal.

Any according to whether having by corresponding substrate data flow transmitted, determine the power that distributes by power divider 506 to 507.To distribute the output signal of power to be input to respectively in the basis transformation device 508 to 509 to it by power divider 506 to 507.That is to say that event data stream only passes through N altogether _gN in the individual substrate substrate transmission, then power divider 506 to 507 total transmitting power P that will distribute for relative users _TDistribute to n effectively substrate equably, and not to remaining (N _g-n) individual substrate distributes power.Therefore, in order to increase efficiency of transmission, preferably distribute higher power to the substrate of transmitting relatively large information by it.That is to say, if power divider 506 to 507 needs relevantly whether to transmit the information of any data flow by particular substrate and transmitted then the information of relevant data flow.This information is conciliate from scheduling to be provided for multiplexed 503.A kind of simple power distribution method each in n effective substrate is distributed power P _T/ n, and not to remaining (N _g-n) individual substrate distributes power.With regard to the spatial domain multiplexing technique, this method is not the optimum power distribution method.Yet, if distribute power, can not estimate the power of distributing to other user, this feasible implementation space domain multiple access technology that is difficult to optimum way.

Because used the AMC technology, thus only to method that the substrate of having transmitted data flow by it distributes power equably on performance with the spatial domain multiplexing technique in the optimal power allocation method do not have much different.

Be input to son in the basis transformation device 508 to 509 by said method and flow through and be subjected to basis transformation, so that be complementary with respective substrates in basis transformation device 508 to 509.Carrying out the method for basis transformation follows by multiplexed 503 basis transformation method of determining of scheduling reconciliation.Therefore, scheduling is conciliate must provide the basis transformation matrix by basad converter 508 to 509 for multiplexed 503.

With the output signal of basis transformation device 508 to 509 together with being input in the adder 510 to 511 via the transmission pilot signal of corresponding transmitting antenna 304 to 308 transmission.Adder 510 to 511 input signals with them add together then, and institute's added signal is outputed to their associated antennas 304 to 308.In such a way, transmitter can be transferred to receiver with transmission signals through antenna.

To processing that transmit data according to embodiments of the invention in multiaerial system be described now.

Fig. 6 illustrates the flow chart that transmits the processing of data according to an embodiment of the invention in multiaerial system from transmitter to receiver.Referring to Fig. 6, now will be in multiaerial system, being elaborated according to an embodiment of the invention from the processing of transmitter to receiver transmission data.

In the following description, the present invention proposes a kind of can be in a multiaerial system method of internal application space diversity reception to communicate, spatial domain multiplexing technique and spatial domain multiple access technology.For this reason, need a kind of management to be used for medium access control (MAC) layer of operation dispatching and use the two the method for physical layer of multi-antenna technology.Describe this processing in detail referring now to accompanying drawing.

In step 601, transmitter receives from the basis transformation matrix of all terminal feedbacks and corresponding therewith CQI value.In step 602, transmitter is classified to the user based on this feedback information.Herein, according to the user of preferred same substrate and these users are classified.That is to say that the user of the preferred same substrate conversion of transmitter basis organizes and the user is classified.Carry out users' processing of classifying by the user's grader among Fig. 5 502.After the user's group of having classified, transmitter is in step 603 calculating priority level.Priority has following three types.First priority type is the User Priority that calculates according to the user.Second priority type is the sub-flow priority of calculating according to sub-flowmeter.The 3rd priority type is the group priority of calculating according to batch total.Can calculate User Priority and group priority based on independent criterion or User Priority.To omit detailed description herein to the priority computational methods.

After having calculated priority with said method, transmitter selects to have the group of higher group of priority in step 604.After this, in step 605, transmitter is chosen in the transmission stream in the selected group.Realize transmitting the selection of son stream according to one of User Priority and sub-flow priority or the two.Determine transmission stream by dispatching algorithm.Therefore, transmitting sub-stream can be single son stream or a plurality of son stream.If determine only to transmit single son stream, the multiaerial system that then proposes in present invention utilizes space diversity reception to communicate to operate.Conciliate the processing that multiplexed 503 execution selects user or user to organize and select the sub-stream of transmission by the scheduling among Fig. 5.

Yet, if handling, this scheduling determines to transmit a plurality of son streams, corresponding sub-stream can be to separate multiplexed son stream or from the son stream of the data flow multiple access that is used for different user from the data flow that is used for unique user.When operation dispatching so that transmission when separating multiplexed son stream from being used for a user's data stream, the multiaerial system that proposes in present invention utilizes the spatial domain multiplexing technique to operate, and when the data flow that is used for different user is chosen as transmission stream, then utilize spatial domain multiple access technology to operate.

After having determined transmission stream, transmitter is used appropriate AMC in step 606 to each determined son stream and is handled.That is to say that the transmission amount of information depends on the channel status by substrate stream, between transmitting antenna and reception antenna of its transmission.Therefore, transmitter is according to carrying out modulation and coding adaptively by its transmission feature stream, the substrate between transmitting antenna and reception antenna.After carrying out AMC, transmitter is at the son stream signal allocation power of step 607 after each AMC handles.Transmitter does not distribute power to the substrate of not flowing by its transmission, and distributes power to the substrate of flowing by its transmission equably.Carrying out power division in the power divider 506 to 507 of Fig. 5 handles.

After power division, in step 608, transmitter is carried out basis transformation so that each son stream transmits by corresponding substrate.The sub-stream of determined emission has identical basis transformation matrix.Therefore, for basis transformation, transmitter uses determined basis transformation matrix in the processing that step 604 is determined to organize.The processing of carrying out basis transformation realizes in the basis transformation device 508 to 509 of Fig. 5.After this, in step 609, transmitter spreads by the son of transmitting antenna after with basis transformation and is passed to receiver.

[3] embodiment

Fig. 7 is the block diagram that the structure of the transmitter that is used for multiaerial system according to an embodiment of the invention is described.Referring to Fig. 7, will the operation of the transmitter that is used for multiaerial system according to an embodiment of the invention be described in detail now.Transmitter in Fig. 7 has two transmitting antennas, and the transmitter among Fig. 7 is equal to transmitter among Fig. 5 in configuration aspects.Similar elements in the accompanying drawing is represented by identical Reference numeral.

Because the number M of transmitting antenna _TBe 2, so can use the basis transformation matrix stack in the equation (2).

$S=\left\{\begin{array}{c}{E}^{\left(1\right)}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left[\begin{array}{cc}1& 1\\ 1& -1\end{array}\right]\end{array}\right.,$ $E^{\left(2\right)}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left.\begin{array}{c}\left[\begin{array}{cc}1& 1\\ i& -i\end{array}\right]\end{array}\right\}---\left(2\right)$

In equation (2), $i=\sqrt{-1}.$ Basis transformation matrix E ⁽¹⁾And E ⁽²⁾Constitute two substrates.That is to say N ₁=N ₂=2.If user's receiver is selected E ⁽¹⁾As the preferred substrate transformation matrix, then utilize the weight in the equation (3) to create first substrate and second substrate.

$e_1^{\left(1\right)}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left[\begin{array}{c}1\\ 1\end{array}\right],$ $e_2^{\left(2\right)}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left[\begin{array}{c}1\\ -1\end{array}\right]---\left(3\right)$

If the user selects E ⁽²⁾As the preferred substrate transformation matrix, then utilize the weight in the equation (4) to create first substrate and second substrate.

$e_1^{\left(2\right)}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left[\begin{array}{c}1\\ i\end{array}\right],$ $e_2^{\left(1\right)}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left[\begin{array}{c}1\\ -i\end{array}\right]---\left(4\right)$

Feedback signal receiver 501 receives from the basis transformation matrix information g and the CQI information of each user terminal feedback.In the present invention, preferred substrate transformation matrix information g represents that with 1 bit wherein the g=0 indication is to E ⁽¹⁾Selection, and g=1 indication is to E ⁽²⁾Selection.Each user terminal feedback can be at the CQI of each bases acquisition when using selected basis transformation matrix.In the present invention, because N ₁=N ₂=2, so receiver should always feed back two CQI (γ ₁And γ ₂) to transmitter, and selected irrelevant with which basis matrix.

User's grader 502 is based on from the preferred substrate transformation matrix information of each user feedback and the user is classified.The user who has fed back g=0 is classified #1 in groups, and the user who has fed back g=1 is classified #2 in groups.After having determined each group by this way, multiplexed 503 user data of determining to transmit which group conciliate in scheduling.At first, multiplexed 503 calculating group priority, User Priority and sub-flow priority are conciliate in scheduling.Because the priority computational methods are relevant with the design of scheduler, therefore will not provide its description.

In the priority computing, considered CQI information γ from each user feedback ₁And γ ₂By the use of feedback CQI information, scheduling is conciliate multiplexed 503 and select to have the group of limit priority in the middle of these group.If selected group #1, then the transmission signals that is chosen in the user among the group #1 for multiplexed 503 is conciliate in scheduling, and if selected group #2, then the transmission signals that is chosen in the user among the group #2 for multiplexed 503 is conciliate in scheduling.After finishing group selection, scheduling is conciliate multiplexed 503 based on one of User Priority and sub-flow priority or the two, and determines to transmit which son stream by each substrate.Definite customer traffic that will transmit is separated to be multiplexed as and will to flow by the son of respective substrates transmission.

Separate son stream after multiplexed based on feedback CQI information γ ₁And γ ₂And in AMC piece 504 and 505, stand AMC.Signal after AMC handles stands power division in power divider 506 and 507.Whether determine this power division according to data flow by corresponding substrate transmission.Event data stream is by the only transmission in 2 substrates altogether, and then power divider 506 and 507 is given an effective substrate with whole power division, and does not distribute power to another substrate.Event data stream will be by two substrates transmission, and then power divider 506 and 507 is distributed to each substrate with half of transmitting power.Therefore, power divider 506 and 507 need indicate whether to exist any information by the particular substrate data flow transmitted, and conciliates multiplexed 503 this information of reception from scheduling.Distributed the son stream of power in basis transformation device 508 and 509, to stand basis transformation, so that they are complementary with corresponding substrate.

Determine the basis transformation matrix according to conciliate multiplexed 503 group of selecting by scheduling.If selected group #1, then equation (3) is applied to the basis transformation matrix as the basis transformation weight.If selected group #2, then equation (4) is applied to the basis transformation matrix as the basis transformation weight.In adder 510 and 511 with the output signal of basis transformation device 508 and 509 and the pilot signal addition that will transmit, and then via corresponding transmitting antenna 553 and 554 transmission.

In the cellular mobile communication environment, demonstrate be used to send/technology of the performance gain of the multiaerial system of receiving block data is according to channel status and difference.That is to say that if the channel that the spatial domain multiplexing technique is applied to have high-quality and low spatial correlation, then this technology can improve performance.Yet channel has under the situation of low quality and high spatial correlation therein, and space diversity reception to communicate is better than the spatial domain multiplexing technique.Therefore, according to the channel status of receiver, spatial domain multiple access technology is different at aspect of performance.Therefore, must consider all users' channel status and use space diversity reception to communicate, spatial domain multiplexing technique and spatial domain multiple access technology selectively as the operating technology of multiaerial system.According to novel multiaerial system of the present invention implementation space diversity technique, spatial domain multiplexing technique and spatial domain multiple access technology adaptively.

The present invention does not limit the reception antenna number in each user terminal.This supposition is very useful in real system.Because use the user of single receive antenna can not usage space territory multiplexing technique, so base station transmitter will use single space diversity reception to communicate or the spatial domain multiple access technology that is passed to relative users that spread.Yet, because use the user of a plurality of reception antennas can usage space territory multiplexing technique, thus its can the application space diversity technique, spatial domain multiplexing technique and spatial domain multiple access technology be whole.Do not need to be used to select the specific installation of one of multi-antenna technology.

As mentioned above, novel multiaerial system according to the present invention is used the most effective multi-antenna technology according to channel condition and user, and this helps to improve the efficiency of transmission in the block data system.In addition, the present invention can be applicable to have the receiver of individual antenna and has the receiver of a plurality of antennas, and not to the restriction of equipment.

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1. receiving equipment, be used for comprising the wireless communication system of a plurality of transmitting antennas, for the channel between a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of reception antenna generates feedback information, described system sends grouped data by described a plurality of transmitting antennas, wherein each transmitting antenna sends grouped data and does not form pilot signal, described system also uses described a plurality of reception antenna to receive described grouped data, and described equipment comprises:

Pilot signal estimation device offers each in described a plurality of reception antenna, is used to estimate the pilot signal that receives from described a plurality of transmitting antennas;

Channel matrix estimation device is used to use the signal that receives from described pilot signal estimation device, estimates that according to the channel of each antenna information generates channel estimation matrix;

Substrate conversion equivalent channel generator is used to use the channel estimation matrix that is generated, for the grouped data that sends over from transmitter generates the substrate conversion equivalent channel matrix; And

The feedback signal determinant is used for selecting optimum substrate conversion equivalent channel from substrate conversion equivalent channel generator, and is that selected substrate conversion equivalent channel generates feedback information.

2. receiving equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described substrate conversion equivalent channel generator is all the basis transformation matrix estimation equivalent channel in the basis transformation matrix stack.

3. receiving equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein, if the matrix that calculates by channel matrix estimation device by Expression and used basis transformation matrix E ^(g), then with the substrate conversion equivalent channel matrix

Be calculated as ${\tilde{H}}_g=\tilde{H}{E}^{\left(g\right)}.$

4. method of reseptance, be used for comprising the wireless communication system of a plurality of transmitting antennas, for the channel between a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of reception antenna generates feedback information, described system sends grouped data by described a plurality of transmitting antennas, wherein each transmitting antenna sends grouped data and does not form pilot signal, described system also uses described a plurality of reception antenna to receive described grouped data, and described method comprises step:

Each pilot signal that estimation receives from described a plurality of transmitting antennas in each of described a plurality of reception antennas;

Use pilot signal, generate channel estimate matrix from transmitter to a plurality of reception antennas for described a plurality of reception antenna estimations;

Use the channel estimation matrix that is generated to generate the substrate conversion equivalent channel matrix for the grouped data that sends over from transmitter; And

From substrate conversion equivalent channel generator, select optimum substrate conversion equivalent channel, and be that selected substrate conversion equivalent channel generates feedback information.

5. method of reseptance as claimed in claim 4, wherein, the step of described generation substrate conversion equivalent channel comprises step: be all the basis transformation matrix estimation equivalent channel in the basis transformation matrix stack.

6. method of reseptance as claimed in claim 5, wherein, if described channel estimation matrix by

The expression and used basis transformation matrix E (g), then with described substrate conversion equivalent channel matrix

Be calculated as ${\tilde{H}}_g=\tilde{H}{E}^{\left(g\right)}.$

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